Why would Rand Paul plagiarise? Because

[applegrove]

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as a libertarian he's got nothing to sell to folk. He's about taking away power and wealth from folk by destroying the things government does best for them. It would be an economy devoid of any hope for most people. It is not a vision of a better world. All he wants is to take. His only creative arguments are about the government being a dystopia. Which is projection on his part. The world he would usher in would be terrible to live in. He never thinks of building. He is not a creator. He is a diminisher. So he is devoid of ideas. So he plagiarises the work of human beings. To pretend he is one and shares their emotions and their dreams.

[Contrary1]

1. Well; all that...

and he's a conservative asshole.

[pinboy3niner]

2. Rand Paul responds that he coulda been a contenda

If it weren't for Rachel Maddow (and anti-dueling laws) he would have been top of the world, Ma! But now, Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown.

Read all about it in his new book, Paradise Lost.

[applegrove]

3. LOL!

[Contrary1]

4. Duzy !!!!

Edit, so "Duzy" shows up.

[myrna minx]

15. Don't forget to read his new book: The Illiad - The Paul Family History.

[KurtNYC]

18. What he meant to tell Maddow was "You talking to me? A census taker once tried to test me. I ate

his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti so go ahead make my day because I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore. I'll be back and you're gonna need a bigger boat Rosebud! You can't handle the truth. Now if you'll excuse me Rand Paul phone home..."

and then he stands up and starts clicking his heels together and says "there's no place like home, there's no place like home,...."

[Mr.Bill]

5. It's because he's too incompetant to hire intelligent speechwriters.

Would you want this man appointing cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, etc?

Of course not.

[pinboy3niner]

6. If I worked for him I'd probably phone it in, too, regardless of my intelligence

Randians succeed by exploiting the work of others, whom they hold in low regard. I wonder how he treats the people who work for him...

[Motown_Johnny]

8. Yep, even for the party of stupid he is intellectually lazy.

Making sure people don't just copy and past for him is just to much work. Better that he goes back to being a doctor. Because that doesn't take any work at all.

Poor spoiled little rich boy.


What is that Bible quote the (R)s in the house like to spew? "Those who refuse to work shall not eat"?

[handmade34]

7. hmmm…???the same Rand Paul that said...

"...But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important."

He went on to describe studying for a pathology test with friends in the library. "We spread the rumor that we knew what was on the test and it was definitely going to be all about the liver," he said. "We tried to trick all of our competing students into over-studying for the liver" and not studying much else.

"So, that's my advice," he concluded. "Misinformation works."

[pinboy3niner]

9. Reminds me of the dirty tricksters from USC who wound up in the Nixon White House

They never grew up enough to understand the criminality of their "pranks."

[Berlum]

10. "...the government being a dystopia. Which is projection on his part."

What you said.

[HereSince1628]

11. Rand Paul writes his own stuff? I suspect the mistake was made by staff/ghost writer

We know that many politicians use speech writers, we know republicans pay membership dues to think-tanks to get boilerplate (A.L.E.C., Heritage), and gladly accept white papers from industry lobbyists etc to be used to cut and paste together talking points and especially the details of legislation.

Using the words of someone else as their own is ordinary conduct for many politicians. They don't think it's wrong because the staff/ ghost writers get paid to do that work.

With that awareness I find it difficult to assume Paul did not use staff or a ghost writer to put together a book.

From that point of view it's possible to see how Rand Paul doesn't see a problem. He may have purchased the words and the right to use them.

[applegrove]

19. Well the speechwriter is an extension of Rand's vision.

[HereSince1628]

20. Yes, a sort of rented brain prosthesis.

[applegrove]

21. Yes. The other day I blamed the

speechwriter but his campaign is on him.

[HereSince1628]

22. While I never had staff or grad students to help me some academics do.

Including famously prolific academics like Stephen Ambrose.

After a while it all gets blurry, you pay them, you trust them, you own the copyright... I suspect that it's catching up with Rand.

[randome]

12. It's much, much simpler than that.

How else do you explain why Progressives sometimes are caught plagiarizing, too? I think the root cause is that an individual is far too full of themselves to realize what they are doing.

It's narcissism and a too-full schedule of that.
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[rurallib]

13. the rat on his head said it is OK to do it.

[ananda]

14. I think it's because he lives in a bubble of stoopid ...

... and didn't think anyone would be smart enough or
educated enough to notice.

[Sunlei]

16. because some folks cheated they way through life & school, easier to catch them these days.

catch and expose them they should. I bet every single word of President Obamas books were checked to see if his written words are original. Not many real brilliant persons in politics like our Pres. O. We need more people like him, people who really were college professors for years.

[SidDithers]

17. I bet it's a long-time habit...

that goes all the way back to college.

By getting away with it over and over, he probably thought he would never get caught.

And now, people will be scrutinizing everything he's ever written.

Sid